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By AFP Staff
Republished from AFP via Ynetnews
1,000 guns and pistols discovered at Algeciras
The Spanish customs service found 1,085 guns and pistols on a ship making its way from Israel to Nicaragua during a routine inspection of the ship while it was docking in Algeciras in southern Spain.
The container was confiscated by the Spanish authorities, and the ship was later permitted to set sail.
The ship’s bill of customs noted that the ship was carrying air rifles.
The weapons container was found on the vessel Maersk Detroit, which set out from Haifa and was headed for the Managua Port in Nicaragua, via the US.
Local security personnel confirmed the report, but failed to indicate the number of weapons found.
Following the September 11 terror attack, the US issued an instruction requiring all cargo ships headed for the US to stop at the Spanish port and undergo an inspection before continuing on their journey. source
During the 1980s, Israel was a crucial conduit for the supply of arms to Central American contra forces, as well as to apartheid South Africa and Iran. With a Sandinista government installed in Nicaragua, and the ever present irritant that is Hugo Chavez, could this discovery be a sign of a new counter-revolutionary war?
This may put into a new light the power crisis which is hitting Nicaraguans. According to Prensa Latina “The crisis, worsened since mid-2006, stems from the poor condition of thermal plants, mostly in private hands, and obvious problems of distribution, in charge of Spanish multinational Union Fenosa.” Sabotage is a distinct possibility.
Prensa Latina also reports that “The ship, which was coming from Haifa, Israel, was scheduled for a stop at a US port before continuing its trip to Nicaragua.” link
This may put into a new light the power crisis which is hitting Nicaraguans. According to Prensa Latina “The crisis, worsened since mid-2006, stems from the poor condition of thermal plants, mostly in private hands, and obvious problems of distribution, in charge of Spanish multinational Union Fenosa.” Sabotage is a distinct possibility.
Prensa Latina also reports that “The ship, which was coming from Haifa, Israel, was scheduled for a stop at a US port before continuing its trip to Nicaragua.” link
By AFP Staff
Republished from AFP via Ynetnews
1,000 guns and pistols discovered at Algeciras
The Spanish customs service found 1,085 guns and pistols on a ship making its way from Israel to Nicaragua during a routine inspection of the ship while it was docking in Algeciras in southern Spain.
The container was confiscated by the Spanish authorities, and the ship was later permitted to set sail.
The ship’s bill of customs noted that the ship was carrying air rifles.
The weapons container was found on the vessel Maersk Detroit, which set out from Haifa and was headed for the Managua Port in Nicaragua, via the US.
Local security personnel confirmed the report, but failed to indicate the number of weapons found.
Following the September 11 terror attack, the US issued an instruction requiring all cargo ships headed for the US to stop at the Spanish port and undergo an inspection before continuing on their journey. source